In-person Bingo back at senior center >Thompson Senior Center Executive Director Deanna Jones, far left, reunites with people who played bingo over the phone during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the last Friday in June, older adults gathered at the center to play together in person for the first time in more than a year. (Deanna Jones photograph) Courtesy photograph
Modified: 7/5/2021 9:06:40 PM
WOODSTOCK Wonderful.
That’s how people who have played bingo over the phone through the Thompson Senior Center in Woodstock described the first game they played in person together the last Friday in June.
Bingo players are a dedicated bunch and during the COVID-19 pandemic, executive director Deanna Jones was determined to find a way to keep them playing. Phone bingo ended up being a fairly easy transition and it had a hidden benefit: People who live farther away could participate, especially in the colder months when bad weather might’ve kept them from making the drive to Woodstoc